27-06-2017 22:14 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Sturgeon postpones second independence vote until after Brexit

By Elisabeth O'LearyEDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland's secessionist leader on Tuesday postponed plans for a second independence referendum until the terms of Britain's exit from the European Union are clear.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she was putting on hold plans to introduce legislation that would have demanded a second referendum.Sturgeon, whose Scottish National Party wants to break Scotland's 300-year-old union with England, had been seeking a referendum in late 2018 or early 2019, ah
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